farms
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 - 10:31 am
A giant pumpkin welcomes visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC last year. Photo by Neil Rosenau, via Flickr.
This year is proving to be a bonanza one for pumpkins. Newspapers and TV stations all over New York are reporting that the dry summer... Read more
By Simona David on Monday, Jun. 21, 2010 - 11:37 am
Peg Ellsworth, center, the executive director of the Margaretville-based MARK Project, asked U.S. Representative Scott Murphy a question after his speech in Margaretville on Saturday. Elsworth asked Murphy for funding for the National Housing Trust Fund... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 12, 2010 - 11:59 am
You've got to hand it to Washington County farmers Jen Small and Mike Yezzi: they're marketing geniuses. This morning, the New York Times had a big, splashy article about "Farm Camp," a program invented by Small and Yezzi in which they invite city chefs... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2010 - 11:13 am
The New York Times celebrated the fruits of many farmers' labors yesterday with a long article about the new prevalence of locally-raised beef and pork at city farm markets. No Catskills farmers were mentioned, but beef from Otsego County and Columbia... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 - 11:48 am
Part time, spring through summer/fall. From Ulster Corps:
Nestled next to the southwest side of the Marlboro Hills, ten minutes from the center of college town New Paltz, New York, Liberty View Farm is a boutique farm and orchard of organically grown... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Want to be a farmer? Farm Catskills, a Delhi nonprofit that helps farmers find ways to sustain careers in agriculture, wants you to apply to its "Growing New Farmers" program. They've put out a call for "new or aspiring farmers," according to the The... Read more
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